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Page 92
... elves and giants were converted into devils , and women of the night into witches . Woutan also degenerated into a terrible hunter ; Halda and Bertha into bugbears for children . The ravens of Woutan belong to the devil , but the ...
... elves and giants were converted into devils , and women of the night into witches . Woutan also degenerated into a terrible hunter ; Halda and Bertha into bugbears for children . The ravens of Woutan belong to the devil , but the ...
Page 101
... elves , and others from the dwarf " As the Nornor are related to Orlög , so is parea to futum , " says Grimm ; whence the Italian fata , the French fée , the German fein . " These Fees were originally named from their announcement of ...
... elves , and others from the dwarf " As the Nornor are related to Orlög , so is parea to futum , " says Grimm ; whence the Italian fata , the French fée , the German fein . " These Fees were originally named from their announcement of ...
Page 107
... elves . The elves of the Scottish Highlands , according to Cromek , wore always smail , ornamental silver shoes . They have a fair complexion , and long , yellow hair hanging down over their shoulders ; a clear mark of their northern ...
... elves . The elves of the Scottish Highlands , according to Cromek , wore always smail , ornamental silver shoes . They have a fair complexion , and long , yellow hair hanging down over their shoulders ; a clear mark of their northern ...
Page 108
... Elves and Trolls remind us of the witch - histories of the middle ages , though with these prevailed a far wilder romance , more resembling the Taigheirm . There are want- ing the fine silver shoes ; and in the wholly detestable Witch ...
... Elves and Trolls remind us of the witch - histories of the middle ages , though with these prevailed a far wilder romance , more resembling the Taigheirm . There are want- ing the fine silver shoes ; and in the wholly detestable Witch ...
Page 109
... Elves , treats at large of the classes , kinds , and countries of the northern elves from historical and literary sources . The gods of the north , by Geneday , the writings of Procopius , Jornandes , Stagnelius , Rahbek , Afzelius ...
... Elves , treats at large of the classes , kinds , and countries of the northern elves from historical and literary sources . The gods of the north , by Geneday , the writings of Procopius , Jornandes , Stagnelius , Rahbek , Afzelius ...
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